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6A — BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021 SPORTS OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Sun Devils nip Beavers, 75-73 TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Despite an off-shooting night, Remy Martin scored 23 points and his 3-pointer with 37 seconds left broke a 68-all tie and Arizona State held on to beat Oregon State 75-73 in a wild fi nish on Sunday night. Martin’s go-ahead 3 was the only one he made in a 1-for-6 effort from behind the arc; part of a 5-for-18 overall effort. He made up for it, however, sinking 12 of 16 free throws. Martin and Holland Woods each sank a pair of foul shots in a 13-second span to seal the win for Arizona State (7-9, 4-6 Pac-12 Conference). Oregon State’s Ethan Thompson made the fi rst of two free throws with 13 seconds left to bring the Bea- vers within 73-71. Rodrigue Andela secured the offensive rebound and threw it out to Thompson, but a heads-up steal by Jalen House forced a tie-up between Woods and Thompson and the possession arrow favored Arizona State. Matt York/Associated Press Arizona State guard Remy Martin dishes off as Oregon State guard Jarod Lucas (2) and center Roman Silva defend during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 14, at Tempe, Arizona. Woods sank a pair of foul shots with fi ve seconds to go. With the win, head coach Bobby Hurley hit the century mark in victories as the Sun Devils’ coach. Hurley is 100- 78 in six seasons at ASU. The win was the Sun Devils’ 12th straight at home against Oregon State (10-10, 6-8). Thompson led Oregon State with 18 points. Oregon State returns home to face Utah on Thursday, Feb. 18. The Sun Devils next head to Los Angeles to face 20th-ranked Southern Cali- fornia on Wednesday, Feb. 17. OREGON MEN’S BASKETBALL AT ARIZONA Duarte’s late 3-pointer leads Ducks Their first meeting this season started off as an of- TUCSON, Ariz. — Oregon’s fensive show in the first half fi nal shot was supposed to be before turning into a defensive by Will Richardson in the lane. struggle in the second. When things broke down, the The Ducks (12-4, 7-3 Pac-12) Ducks worked the ball around made the last stand. to Chris Duarte. With Oregon trailing 61-60, Left open, the senior guard Richardson drove along the delivered, giving Oregon a six- baseline and kicked the ball game winning streak against out to the wing, where Duarte one of the Pac-12’s top teams. knocked down a 3-pointer in Duarte hit a 3-pointer with front of the Ducks’ bench. Or- 15.6 seconds left, Eugene egon intentionally fouled with Omoruyi scored 19 points 1.1 seconds left and Arizona and the Ducks held on to beat got the ball to Kerr Kriisa, who Arizona 63-61 on Saturday, missed a 3-pointer after being Feb. 13. harassed by LJ Figueroa. “The play broke down. We “It was a contested shot,” were trying to get Will in the Arizona coach Sean Miller paint to make a play,” said said. “The problem with Chris Oregon coach Dana Altman. Duarte’s shot in front of their “Will made a good read and bench, it wasn’t contested. He Chris made a big shot.” was wide open. He makes a The Ducks and Wildcats contested shot, which he prob- have played some high-level, ably would have, that’s fi ne, high-scoring games in recent but you can’t be wide open and years. he was.” By John Marshall AP Basketball Writer Azoulas Tubelis had 20 points to lead the Wildcats (14-7, 8-7). The Ducks and Wildcats were supposed to meet in Eu- gene on Jan. 16, but that was postponed due to Oregon’s COVID-19 issues. Through all the starts and stops this season, Oregon had its top fi ve scorers on the fl oor together for the fi rst time all season Thursday against Ari- zona State. They played well together, building a 17-point lead before holding off the Sun Devils 75-64. The Ducks started strong against Arizona with an early nine-point lead, went into an offensive funk and found their rhythm again before halftime. The Wildcats started slow, got into a fl ow and rallied to tie it at 34-all by halftime. “We were down 11-2 at home because they were more physical, they got sec- ond shots,” Miller said. The teams traded shots to start the second half, then traded clanks as the game grinded to a near halt. The offensive struggles con- tinued until Duarte squared up and drained the winning 3 after struggling with his shot most of the night. “We had two options: Will in the lane and me in the corner and that’s what happened,” said Duarte, who had 10 points on 4-of-14 shooting. “He didn’t have anything, was an unselfi sh player, kicked it out and I hit a 3.” Blazers prevail as Lillard duels with Doncic DALLAS (AP) — Portland star Damian Lillard didn’t wait until just before the buzzer for another game-defi n- ing shot, or get anywhere close to the career high he tied in the previous meeting with Dallas. The dynamic guard still carried his team late, over- coming another dazzling performance by Luka Doncic. Lillard hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer in the fi nal minute after a big Dallas rally, and the Trail Blazers held off Doncic and the Mavericks for a 121-118 victory Sunday night. “I think we earned this win,” said Lillard, who fi n- ished with 34 points and 11 assists. “We played the kind of game we played, against what we’ve been up against through the game, it’s rewarding in the end.” Doncic scored 44 points two nights after getting a career-high 46 in a victory over New Orleans, but it wasn’t enough to extend the Mavericks’ four-game win- ning streak, tied for their longest this season. Lillard connected on the go-ahead 3 after Doncic as- sisted on a tying 3-pointer from Dorian Finney-Smith after the Mavericks trailed by 13 midway through the fourth quarter. The Mavericks were down three again when Doncic missed a potential tying shot from beyond the arc with less than fi ve seconds left. Doncic was 14 of 20 from the fi eld, including 5 of 8 from deep, and 11 of 12 on free throws. He also had nine assists and seven rebounds. “It didn’t matter if I felt confi dent or not,” Doncic said of his fi nal shot. “I thought it was in. It went in and out, so I was disappointed and that’s on me. I should have hit the shot.” Doncic set a pair of franchise records with his 14th consecutive game of at least 25 points and the highest two-game total at 90 points. The Trail Blazers won their fourth consecutive game with help from a 45-point third quarter, matching the franchise record for that period while outscoring Dal- las by 15 to wipe out a seven-point defi cit early in the period. The Mavericks got close late with a 12-0 run that Lillard ended with a layup before Finney-Smith’s tying shot. Lillard wasn’t nearly as dazzling as his previous meeting with Dallas, when he tied a career high with 61 points in the Florida bubble last summer. Instead, the NBA’s fourth-leading scorer shook off some early frustration over non-calls on several drives by scoring 16 points with fi ve assists in the third quarter af- ter getting called for a technical foul late in the fi rst half. Lillard’s step-back 3 for the lead from above the key came with 32 seconds remaining in the 10th straight game between these teams decided by fewer than 10 points. AUTO RACING McDowell bucks big odds to win the Daytona 500 By Jenna Fryer AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Michael McDowell was glued to Brad Keselowski’s bumper, watching and waiting for his chance to win the Daytona 500. Joey Logano was the leader, the laps were winding down and yet no one had the nerve to pull out of traffi c. McDowell was certain Keselowski would go for it eventually, and when he did, McDowell would play his hand. On the fi nal lap, Keselowski attempted to dart around Logano, but Logano threw a block on his teammate that crashed them both. McDowell stayed right where he was, fl at in the gas, and drove through a crash scene for a stunning upset. “I knew he would go for a race-winning move and my plan was to let him make that move,” McDowell said. “I knew I didn’t want to make my move too early, so I was commit- ted to the (Keselowski) bumper and when he made the move, the hole opened up.” A 100-1 underdog when the race began Sunday afternoon, McDowell won for the fi rst time in 358 Cup starts when the check- ered fl ag fi nally fl ew about 15 minutes after midnight. The race was stopped by rain for almost six hours and ended nine hours after the green fl ag waved at Daytona Interna- tional Speedway. “There’s been lots of years where I was wondering what the heck am I doing and why am I doing it?” McDowell said. “I always knew if I just kept grinding that one day everything will line up and go right.” NASCAR’s season opener was stacked with storylines. Denny Hamlin was try- ing for a record third-consecutive Daytona 500 victory, and the team he started with Michael Jordan was debuting with driver Bubba Wallace. Kyle Larson was back after nearly a year in exile for using a racial slur, and reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott was going for his fi rst Daytona 500 win. And all the way at the back of the fi eld, 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope made what he said would be his fi nal NAS- CAR start. At 62 he was the oldest driver in the fi eld, and his upset victory 31 years ago was considered the biggest in race history. McDowell didn’t take that title from Cope, partly because McDowell is a strong su- perspeedway racer capable of mixing it up with the usual suspects. If he could ever fi nd himself in the right place at the right time, McDowell fi gured he could steal a win. 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